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1525 Dorchester Road

Brooklyn · 11226 | BBL 3051580034 | BIN 3118734
Data as of August 28, 2026
F
Compliance verdict — Severe — 27 open immediately hazardous conditions, more than the building has apartments

City records show open immediately-hazardous housing-code violations at this building.

83 open HPD violations on record: 34 Class A (non-hazardous), 22 Class B (hazardous), and 27 Class C (immediately hazardous).

Most serious recent open violation (Class C): Replace or repair the self-closing doors that is missing or defective hiinge in the entrance.

Oldest open HPD violation (Class C): 12,032 days (about 33 years), on record since 1993.

Violation figures current as of Oct 5, 2026.

A 20-unit building, built in 1913.

Open Buildings Department records

City Buildings Department (DOB) records show 10 open DOB violations at this address, none in the immediately dangerous class. See the DOB Compliance section below.

Top insights

22
Open HPD
Class B
27
Open HPD
Class C
1043
311 calls
12 months to Aug 2026
20
Units registered as
rent-stabilized with
DHCR (most recent year)
20
Total residential
units (PLUTO)
42
Crime incidents (150m)
12 months through June 2026
$1,751
ZIP median
rent
1913
Year built
2 min
Closest subway
min walk
F
Noise grade
(311 complaints)
A
Walkable
errands grade
94 places
Amenities
nearby

1525 Dorchester Road sits in Brooklyn, ZIP 11226. The closest subway is Cortelyou Rd (Q) (2-minute walk), served by the Q line.

Is 1525 Dorchester Road rent-stabilized?
Yes — all 20 residential units at 1525 Dorchester Road are rent-stabilized. Source: DHCR / Taxbills.nyc.
What's the closest subway to 1525 Dorchester Road?
Cortelyou Rd (Q) — a 2-minute walk (130m) from 1525 Dorchester Road. Served by the B and Q lines.
Is 1525 Dorchester Road subject to lead-paint regulations?
Yes — built in 1913, before NYC's 1960 lead-paint cutoff. Annual inspections are required for units with children under 6. Source: NYC Local Law 1.

Building Condition

HPD Violations
All-time HPD violations
Total652
Open83
Closed569

Oldest open violation: October 1993 · Most recent: April 2026. HPD marks a violation open until it is certified as corrected, so an old date can mean an unresolved condition or a repair that was never certified.

By severity class
Class A34 open · 133 closed
Class B22 open · 320 closed
Class C27 open · 115 closed
Class I0 open · 1 closed
Recent open violations
  • 2026-04-08 Class B · Apt 16 · 187 days open "§ 27-2017.3 HMC: TRACE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE VISIBLE MOLD CONDITION... GREATER THAN 1O SQFT AT CEILING AND…"
  • 2025-01-30 Class B · Apt 6 · 620 days open "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT CEILING IN THE BATH…"
  • 2025-01-30 Class B · Apt 6 · 620 days open "§ 27-2005 ADM CODE REPAIR THE BROKEN OR DEFECTIVE PLASTERED SURFACES AND PAINT IN A UNIFORM COLOR AT SOUTH WALL IN THE 1…"
  • 2025-01-30 Class A · Apt 6 · 620 days open "§ 27-2013 ADM CODE PAINT WITH LIGHT COLORED PAINT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THIS DEPARTMENT ALL PEELING PAINT SURFACES IN T…"
  • 2025-01-30 Class B · Apt 6 · 620 days open "§ 27-2026, 2027 HMC: PROPERLY REPAIR THE SOURCE AND ABATE THE EVIDENCE OF A WATER LEAK AT CEILING IN THE BATHROOM LOCATE…"
Pest Activity — part of HPD violations (§27-2017.4 infestations)
Open pest violations9
Roaches: 4 Mice: 5
  • 2022-02-06 mice · Apt 6
  • 2019-09-25 roaches · Apt 10
  • 2019-09-25 mice · Apt 10
  • 2019-09-18 mice · Apt 10
  • 2019-09-18 roaches · Apt 10
  • Class C · 27 open · penalty 405 · (15/ea)
  • Class B · 22 open · penalty 110 · (5/ea)
  • Class A · 34 open · penalty 34 · (1/ea)
HPD Complaints
Last 12 months
Total complaints5
Open0
Closed5
By category one complaint can span several — these need not sum to the total
Heat4
Other1
Electric1
Plumbing1
Mold0
Paint0
Pests0
Bedbugs0
Hot Water0
Structural0
Recent
  • 2026-03-24 · Apt 16 · EMERGENCY · UNSANITARY CONDITION
  • 2026-03-24 · Apt 16 · NON EMERGENCY · PLUMBING
  • 2026-03-24 · Apt 16 · EMERGENCY · ELECTRIC
Repeated apartments: 9
Evictions
Executed residential evictions — last 5 years
Total1
By year
20261
Most recent
  • 2026-02-05 Apt 14
DOB Compliance
All-time DOB activity
Violations
Total10
Open10
Closed0
Complaints
Total35
Open (active)0
Closed35
Recent open violations
  • 2019-10-01 RWNRF-RETAINING WALL NONE "FAILED TO FILE CYCLE 1 TECHNICAL REPORT BY 12/31/2018 PER RCNY 103-09"
  • 2015-12-02 AEUHAZ1-FAIL TO CERTIFY CLASS 1 NONE "FAILURE TO CERTIFY CORRECTION ON IMMEDIATELY HAZARDOUS (CLASS 1) ECB VIOLATION"
  • 2015-09-16 C-CONSTRUCTION OTHER OPTIONAL "FM BLDG. BRICK FACADE WALL @ SOUTH-WEST CORNER IS CRACKED @ ALL FLOORS & THE CRACKS ARE COSMETICALLY PATCHED.T…"
Bedbug History
HPD annual bedbug report (building-aggregate, no apt-level data)
Risk levellow
Filings on file6
Infested (last 3 yr)1
Yearly trend (last 5)
20250 infested · 0 eradicated
20241 infested · 1 eradicated
20230 infested · 0 eradicated
20220 infested · 0 eradicated
20211 infested · 1 eradicated
Lead Paint Exposure

4 open lead-paint hazard violations on record (most recent 2009). These are HPD violations recorded against the building — not a test of any specific apartment.

27 earlier hazards cited and remediated.

Under NYC Local Law 1 (Admin Code §27-2056.5), lead paint is presumed present in common areas and in apartments where a child under 6 resides, in multiple dwellings built before 1960 (this building: built 1913). The presumption stands unless the owner obtained a lead-free or lead-safe exemption from HPD. Those exemption records aren’t published as open data, so we can’t confirm one either way.

Also on record: 2 procedural §27-2056 violations (failure to file required lead paperwork, most recent 2021) — a records failure, not evidence of a lead hazard.

Source: HPD lead-paint violations (NYC Admin Code §27-2056).

The Building

Building (PLUTO)
NYC PLUTO tax-lot data
Year built1913 (113 yr old)
Building classC1 — Walk-up apartment
Floors4
Residential units20
Building area (sqft)20,560
Lot area (sqft)6,678
Owner of record (PLUTO)1525 DORCHESTER COMPANY INC
Designations
Council district40
Rent Stabilization
DHCR records · NYC HCR via Who Owns What
Status20 of 20 units stabilized
Stabilization trajectory
Stabilized (2007)20
Stabilized (latest)20
ⓘ Listed by New York State. This building appears in the state's 2024 list of buildings containing rent-stabilized units (2024 building registrations filed with NYS HCR, as of November 2025). The list does not publish how many units are stabilized, and buildings can leave it. To confirm your own apartment, request your rent history from DHCR.
HPD-registered contact (Who Owns What): Owner on record.
ⓘ Email rent-info@nyshcr.org with your full address and apartment number for a free DHCR rent history.
Energy benchmarking (LL84): not required — building is under 25,000 sq ft.

Neighborhood & Environment

Crime
NYPD complaints · 12 months through June 2026
150m
~1 block
300m
~2-3 blocks
Total42123
Violent39
Shooting victims (Jan–Dec 2024)00
Felonies1439
Misdemeanors1552
Violations1128
Shooting counts are victim records — one incident with several victims counts more than once — and reflect Jan–Dec 2024 — most recent NYC shooting data available. All other counts cover 12 months through June 2026 — the most recent 12 months of available NYPD data.
Top crime types (300m radius):
  • HARRASSMENT 2: 27
  • ASSAULT 3 & RELATED OFFENSES: 21
  • PETIT LARCENY: 18
  • GRAND LARCENY: 11
  • VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAWS: 7
Borough context: Brooklyn (12 mo): 79,590 incidents total.
311 / Quality of Life
Last 12 months · 150m radius
Total 311 calls1,043
Top complaint types
  • Noise - Residential: 175
  • HEAT/HOT WATER: 130
  • UNSANITARY CONDITION: 100
  • Illegal Parking: 94
  • PLUMBING: 60
By category
Other681
Noise196
Parking151
Rats6
Homeless4
Construction3
Drug2
Trash0
Drinking0
Noise (311 dedicated)
F
Last 12 months · 150m radius
Total noise complaints196
Dominant subtypeResidential
By subtype
Residential175
Street Sidewalk17
Vehicle4
Commercial0
Noise-grade thresholds (per 12 months): A <10 · B <20 · C <50 · D <100
Noise grade: F — Very high noise activity. Based on 311 noise complaints logged within 150m over 12 months — an area signal, not a characteristic of this building. Separate from the building's compliance grade.
Flood Risk
Flood hazard zone — NYC 2020s floodplain projection (FEMA-based)
Zone X — minimal flood hazard (outside the mapped floodplain)
Flood susceptibility2 / 5
Parking
800m walk radius · NYC business-license records
Garages nearby5
Estimated monthly$250–400/mo
Closest 3 garages
  • 425 MARLBOROUGH ROAD 60m · $250–400/mo licensee: HOSSAIN, MOHAMMAD
  • 390 MARLBOROUGH ROAD 107m · $250–400/mo licensee: RAHIM, MOHAMMED
  • 383 MARLBOROUGH RD 117m · $250–400/mo licensee: GOFRAN, MOHAMMED
Schools
Schools within 1 km / ~0.6 mile walk
Total nearby6
Elementary (K-5)4
Middle (6-8)2
High (9-12)0
Elementary — closest 3 by walk (4)
  • P.S. 139 Alexine A. Fenty Pre-K-5 · 3 min (266m) · District 22
  • P.S. 245 Pre-K-5 · 7 min (573m) · District 22
  • P.S. 217 Colonel David Marcus School Pre-K-5 · 9 min (747m) · District 22
Middle — closest 3 by walk (2)
  • J.H.S. 062 Ditmas 6-8 · 8 min (677m) · District 20
  • M.S. 890 6-8 · 11 min (850m) · District 22
Data source: NYC DOE school locations.
Subway / Transit
800m walk radius
Stations nearby3
Unique lines2
Lines served: B · Q
Closest 3 stations
  • Cortelyou Rd Q · 130m · 2 min walk
  • Beverley Rd Q · 478m · 6 min walk
  • Newkirk Plaza B, Q · 528m · 7 min walk
Neighborhood Amenities
A
800m walk radius
Total places nearby94
Eating (51) restaurants + fast food
Restaurants29
Fast food22
Daily essentials
Grocery (incl. convenience)26
→ Supermarkets3
→ Convenience23
Pharmacies4
ATMs1
Coffee Index A — Coffee abundance (15 places selling coffee, of which 13 tagged as a café).
Walkable Errands A — Excellent walkability — all errand types nearby.
Restaurants Nearby
DOH-graded restaurants within ~450 m of this building
Graded restaurants nearby32
A: 26 B: 1 C: 1 Pending: 4
Sample
  • Grade A San Remo Pizzeria · Pizza
  • Grade A Bo Bo Kitchen Chinese Restaurant · Chinese
  • Grade A Dunkin' · Donuts
  • Grade A Catskill Bagel Co. · Bagels/pretzels
  • Grade A Highbury Pub · Irish
  • Grade A La Puerta Roja · Latin American
  • Grade A Kumo Japanese Cuisine · Japanese
  • Grade A Sycamore · American
Civic Facilities Nearby
Civic facilities within ~450 m of this building
Facilities nearby33
By category — top 8 of 12 (29 of 33 facilities)
Day Care And Pre-Kindergarten10
Human Services4
Transportation4
Youth Services3
Cultural Institutions3
Solid Waste2
Child Services And Welfare2
Libraries1
Sample (parks · schools · cultural)
  • Brave New World Repertory Theatre, Inc. Cultural Institutions
  • Pride Not Prejudice, Inc. Cultural Institutions
  • Cortelyou Library Libraries
  • Opera On Tap Cultural Institutions
  • Lt. Federico Narvaez Tot Lot Parks And Plazas
  • P.s. 139 Alexine A. Fenty Schools (K-12)

Internet providers serving this area

Internet providers available in this area:

  • Optimum Cable Up to 940 Mbps down · 35 Mbps up

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Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection (NY, rev. May 2026). Wired broadband only — cable + fiber. DSL, satellite, and fixed-wireless not included. Block-level data; actual availability may vary by building.

Market & Availability

ZIP Median Rent
ZIP 11226 · ACS 5-Year 2019–2023 · ZIP level
Median rent$1,751/mo
Reflects existing leases, not current asking prices.
Affordability
ZIP 11226 · ACS 5-Year 2019–2023 · ZIP level
Median household income$81,084/yr
Median monthly income$6,757/mo
Max rent (30% rule)$2,027/mo
ZIP median rent$1,751/mo
ZIP median rent is 25.9% of median household income. The 30% threshold is the federal standard for housing cost burden.
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